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59 Cards in this Set
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is some stress good
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yes
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what is stress
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demand made on an organism to adapt, cope or adjust
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what is a healthful stress
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eustress
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what is eustress
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a helpful stress
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what does intense or prolonged stress do
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affects our moods, impairs our ability to experience pleasure and harms the body
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what is health psychology
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studies relationships between psychological factors and the prevention and treatment of physical health problems
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what are daily hassles
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regularly occuring conditions and experiences that can threaten or harm our well being
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what are examples of daily hassles
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household, health, time-pressure, inner concern, environmental, financial responsibility, work and security hassles
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when do life changes occur
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irregularly
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what are two things hassles and life changes can do to you
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affect mood and predict health problems
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what are life change units
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Holmes and Rahe
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what is conflict
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feeling of being pulled in two or more directions by opposing motives
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what are the four types of conflict
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approach-approach, avoidance-avoidance, approach-avoidance, and multiple approach-avoidance
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What is A-B-C in irrational beliefs
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activating events, beliefs, consequences
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who was famous for irrational beliefs
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Albert Ellis
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what was Albert Ellis famous for
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irrational beliefs
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what are two things that happens with irrational belief
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negative activation event becomes more aversive and irrational beliefs compound the effect
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what are type A people
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's behavior patterns highly driven, competitive, impatient, hostile and aggressive
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what are type B people's behavior patterns
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relax readily, focus on quality of life, less ambitious and less impatient
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do type A people achieve more than type B people and still are less satified with themself
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yes
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what is self-efficacy expectations
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allow one to persist in difficult tasks and endure discomfort
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what are high self-efficacy expectations
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less adrenaline and nonadrenaline secreted when under stress- moderates body's stress
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what is true about people who are psychologically hardy
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more resistant to stress
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what are three things found in business executives
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high in- commitment, challenge and percieved control over their lives(internal locus of control)
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what does laughter do in stress
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stimulates endorphin output
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sense of humor does what to cognitive thinking
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positive cognitive shifts
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what allows us to prepare and cope
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predictability
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what is predictability a greater benefit to- internals or externals
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internals
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what allows us to plan
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control-even the illusion of control
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what does social support do to stress
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acts as a buffer
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what has been shown to help people resist infectious diseases
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social support
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what helps people cope with stress of acculturalation and/or health problems
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social support
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what is general adaptation syndrome and what are the 3 stages
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group of bodily changes.- alarm reaction-fight or flight, resistance stage and exhaustion stage
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what is the alarm reaction triggered by
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perception of a stressor
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what does the alarm reaction do biologically
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arouses body
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what are corticosteroids
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help protect body- combat allergic reactions
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when can corticosteroids be harmful
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to the cardiovascular system
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what provides fuel for the alarm reaction
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adrenaline and nonadrenaline
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what kind of behavior are women likely to have under stress
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tend and befriend- nuturing, seek social support
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what is the explanation for gender differences in stress response
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evolutionary
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what are men's behaviors under stress and why
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aggressive due to hormone differences
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what is the resistance stage
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if alarm reaction mobilizes the body and the stressor is not removed
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what happens during the resistance stage
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endocrine and sympatheti activity continues higher than normal
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what is the exhaustion stage
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when the stressor is not dealt with adequately
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what happens to the body during the exhaustion stage
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muscles become fatigued and parasympathetic division of ANS dominates
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what can continued stress lead to
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dieseases of adaptation
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what are dieseases of adaptation
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allergies, hives, coronary heart disease, ultimatly death
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how does the immune system kill pathogens
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production of white blood cells
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what are leukocytes
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white blood cells
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how does the immune system battle antigens
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generates antibodies
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what is inflammation
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increases leukocytes sent to the injured area
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what stimulates production of steriods
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stress
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what do steriods do
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interfere with the formation of antibodies and decrease inflammation
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what are 3 factors that can interact with the likelyhood of contracting an illness
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biological, psychological and sociocultural
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can you do anything to prevent developing heart diesease or cancer
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yes
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what is a leading cause of death in the US
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coronary heart diesease
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what are risk factors for coronary heart diesease
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family history, physiological conditions, patterns of consumption, type A behavior, job strain, chronic fatigue, stress, anxiety, depression and emotional strain, and physically inactive lifestlye
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what are 4 major risk factors for cancer
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inherited disposition, behavior patterns- smoking, alcohol,diet, sunbathing-, prolonged psychological conditions- depression,stress- and ethnic or cultural factors
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what are 4 behavior patterns that are major risk factors for cancer
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diet, sunbathing, alcohol and smoking
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